Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 170 124
Rank change year-on-year +31 -46 +71
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 137 158 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.42% 1.46% 2.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 4.06% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 85 91 119
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,625 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +42.86% -22.22%
75th Percentile £48,750 £75,000 £55,500
90th Percentile £61,100 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £34,003 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,188 3,890 3,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.09% 35.98% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,892 1,915
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £37,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +1.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +41 44 £26,150 - 17
Thames Valley +13 37 £35,000 -2.34% 40
Hampshire +6 24 £37,500 -31.82% 15
Buckinghamshire +25 17 £35,000 -30.00% 11
Surrey -9 17 £31,500 -18.71% 9
Oxfordshire +12 12 £28,500 +3.64% 14
East Sussex +12 10 £30,500 -63.03% 5
Berkshire -4 8 £33,500 -24.17% 17
West Sussex +6 5 £50,000 +63.93% 13
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.73%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (35.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (43.80%) AWS
2 55 (40.15%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (37.23%) Azure
4 12 (8.76%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.03%) GCP
6 10 (7.30%) Power Platform
7 8 (5.84%) GitHub
7 8 (5.84%) Power Automate
8 7 (5.11%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.65%) IaaS
10 4 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.92%) PaaS
11 3 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.19%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.19%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (2.19%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.46%) SaaS
13 1 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.73%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.87%) DNS
2 18 (13.14%) Firewall
3 17 (12.41%) DHCP
4 13 (9.49%) Internet
5 12 (8.76%) TCP/IP
6 9 (6.57%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (5.11%) VLAN
7 7 (5.11%) VPN
8 5 (3.65%) Intranet
8 5 (3.65%) SAN
9 4 (2.92%) VoIP
9 4 (2.92%) WAN
10 3 (2.19%) LAN
10 3 (2.19%) Network Security
10 3 (2.19%) STUN
10 3 (2.19%) VoLTE
10 3 (2.19%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.46%) NAS
11 2 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.73%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.38%) Power BI
3 4 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.46%) Metadata
5 2 (1.46%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.46%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (12.41%) JIRA
2 8 (5.84%) Git
General
1 88 (64.23%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.20%) French Language
2 40 (29.20%) Swedish Language
3 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.57%) Multimedia
4 9 (6.57%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.84%) Legal
6 5 (3.65%) Finance
7 4 (2.92%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.19%) Military
8 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (33.58%) Analyst
2 31 (22.63%) Service Analyst
2 31 (22.63%) Service Desk Analyst
3 25 (18.25%) IT Support
4 19 (13.87%) Senior
5 16 (11.68%) Support Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) IT Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Lead
8 10 (7.30%) Administrator
8 10 (7.30%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (7.30%) Service Desk Team Leader
8 10 (7.30%) Support Analyst
8 10 (7.30%) Team Leader
9 9 (6.57%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (6.57%) Support Technician
9 9 (6.57%) Trainee
10 8 (5.84%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (5.11%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) CSS
1 13 (9.49%) HTML
2 7 (5.11%) React
3 3 (2.19%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.19%) Node.js
3 3 (2.19%) Web Services
4 2 (1.46%) .NET
4 2 (1.46%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.73%) LAMP
5 1 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.38%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.19%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.46%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.46%) PKI
8 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.73%) CMDB
8 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.73%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 49 (35.77%) Windows
2 17 (12.41%) Windows Server
3 16 (11.68%) Linux
4 7 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.38%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.92%) Android
6 4 (2.92%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.19%) VMS
7 3 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.73%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.12%) ITSM
2 43 (31.39%) ITIL
3 39 (28.47%) Customer Service
4 34 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (21.90%) Mentoring
6 24 (17.52%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (16.06%) Performance Metrics
8 18 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.49%) Coaching
9 13 (9.49%) Service Management
10 10 (7.30%) Conflict Resolution
10 10 (7.30%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (6.57%) Analytics
11 9 (6.57%) Business Continuity
11 9 (6.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (5.11%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (4.38%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (4.38%) Inventory Management
13 6 (4.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) Python
2 13 (9.49%) JavaScript
3 12 (8.76%) SQL
4 10 (7.30%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.38%) C#
6 5 (3.65%) Bash
7 3 (2.19%) R
8 2 (1.46%) C
8 2 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.73%) Perl
Qualifications
1 66 (48.18%) MCSE
2 61 (44.53%) Degree
3 45 (32.85%) AWS Certification
4 22 (16.06%) Azure Certification
5 21 (15.33%) A+ Certification
6 15 (10.95%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (10.22%) MCP
8 12 (8.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (8.03%) CCNA
10 9 (6.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 9 (6.57%) MCSA
11 8 (5.84%) Security Cleared
12 7 (5.11%) SC Cleared
13 6 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (3.65%) Master's Degree
15 4 (2.92%) CCNP
15 4 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (2.19%) CISSP
16 3 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
16 3 (2.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.52%) QA
2 6 (4.38%) GDPR
3 2 (1.46%) SLA
4 1 (0.73%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.73%) NIST
4 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (28.47%) Active Directory
2 18 (13.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.38%) vSphere
4 5 (3.65%) Firmware
4 5 (3.65%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.46%) Docker
7 1 (0.73%) GPFS
7 1 (0.73%) Lustre
7 1 (0.73%) NFS
7 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.19%) CASB
2 3 (2.19%) QRadar
2 3 (2.19%) WSUS
3 2 (1.46%) Ansible
3 2 (1.46%) Nessus
3 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.46%) SCCM
3 2 (1.46%) Terraform
4 1 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.73%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.73%) Podman
4 1 (0.73%) SCOM
4 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (96.35%) Microsoft
2 31 (22.63%) ServiceNow
3 29 (21.17%) VMware
4 16 (11.68%) Cisco
5 7 (5.11%) Google
6 5 (3.65%) Aruba
6 5 (3.65%) HP
6 5 (3.65%) Sage
7 4 (2.92%) Apple
7 4 (2.92%) Citrix
8 3 (2.19%) Dell
8 3 (2.19%) Forcepoint
8 3 (2.19%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.19%) Oracle
8 3 (2.19%) Qualys
8 3 (2.19%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.73%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.73%) Splunk
10 1 (0.73%) Veeam